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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,936, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed July 22, 1895- Serial No. 556,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. J ONES, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Lamp -Burners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a lampburner constructed in accordance with my invention with its gallery in its depressed position; Fig. 2, a similar view with the gallery in its elevated or lighting position; Fig. 3, a partial view of the burner in vertical central section showing the gallery in its elevated position; Fig. 4, a broken view in side elevation of the upper end of the outer wick-tube to show the circumferential groove formed therein.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of lamp-burners which are adapted, by reason of having vertically-movable galleries, to permit the application of a lighted taper to the wick without the removal of the chimney, the object being to provide, of the class described, a simple, durable, effective and conveniently-operated burner at a low cost for manufacture.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a lamp-burner having certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention I furnish the gallery A of the burner with a depending tube A", which substantially corresponds in diameter to the diameter of the central opening of the gallery and the upper portion of which has formed in it one or more large taper or lighting openings A which are designed to permit a lighted taper to be applied to the wick when the gallery is raised. The tube of the particular burner shown has two of these openings, but one will answer the purpose, and if desired there may be more than two. The said tube is also provided with one or more spring-fingers A the extreme upper ends of which are bent to form horizontally -arranged locking-ribs a, as

shown. These fingers are formed integral with the tube and located in the lower ends of the said openings which are virtually continued by the vertical slots a leading downward from the lower ends of the openings on opposite sides of the fingers for forming the same. The burner shown has two of these fingers, but one will do, although more than two may be employed if desired. The said tube is adapted in internal diameter to fit over the outer wick-tube B of the burner, so as to slide up and down thereupon, the said outer wick-tube being secured at its lower end, in the usual manner, to the perforated burner body or skirt C. The upper end of the said outer wick-tube is constructed with a circumferential groove 1), into which the looking-ribs of the fingers A spring when the gallery, and hence the tube A, is raised sufficiently high to bring the ribs into range with the groove. That portion of the tube lying directly below the groove is slightly beveled, as at B, to make the depression of the gallery easier, by requiring the spring-fingers A to be sprung less when the ribs ride out of the groove.

It will be readily understood that in the normal condition of the burner the gallery A is depressed, so that its edge rests upon the edge of the skirt. At this time the lookingribs of the spring-fingers are engaged with the exterior surface of the outer wicktube B. To elevate the gallery its edge is grasped, and it is lifted until the looking-ribs of its spring-fingers spring into the groove of the outer wick-tube, whereby the gallery is supported without other aid, in suitable position for the insertion of a lighted taper through one of the openings A to light the wick. Then after the wick has been lighted a slight downward pressure upon the gallery springs the ribs of the fingers out of the groove and permits the gallery to go back to its normal position.

If it is desired for any reason to remove the gallery altogether from the burner, that may be done by drawing the parts apart with sufficient force to cause the ribs of the springfingers to ride out of the groove and over the extreme upper edge of the outer wick-tube.

It is apparent that in carrying out my invention some variations from the exact construct-ion shown and set forth may be made. I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to such specific construction, but hold myself at liberty to make such alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a lamp-burner, the combination with the gallery and the body thereof, of a tube secured to and depending from the said gallery, substantially corresponding in diameter to the central opening thereof, and constructed in its upper portion with one or more lightingopenings which expose the wick when the gallery is raised, and also constructed With one or more integral spring-fingers located in the AUGUSTUS u. JONES.

Witnesses E. A. MERRIMAN, D. T. PATTON. 

